Student Portfolio (eLearning)
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About Student Portfolio
Student Portfolio appears in the black bar at the top of the screen after entering the following applications:
- Student Portfolio
- Learning Plans
- PGP High School & PGP Intervention
Student Search is the default landing page.
- Click Search/Students on the top navigation bar to return to the search screen.
- Select Settings from the top menu to establish default print settings (District logins only).
Student Search
- Select Portfolio tab to search within Student Portfolio. Choosing Plans, PGP-I or PGP-HS will bring you to the search screens for each application.
- Click Show Groups to view or manage custom groups.
- Use filters on the left to locate students (i.e., Campus, Grade, Plan Year and/or Local ID – or search for students by their First or Last Name (including partial names).
- Click Search. Student names appear on the right.
- Click Reset to remove selections.
- The total number of students in a search displays on the bottom left and at the top of the Students column (up to 250 students appear on each page).
- Use navigation on the bottom left to navigate through students or the Sort By section on the top right to change the order.
- The check icon will indicate if a student has Testing Supports or plans (Learning Plans, PGP-I and PGP-HS). Click the icon to go directly to those pages.
(DMACulous) Purple Filter
- Select the Filter icon to narrow the list of students by Demographics, Teachers, Test results, PGP-I, PGP-HS, Learning Plans or Supports. Each tab has different filters.
- Click Match Type to switch from AND to OR
- Click Apply to save selections or Clear to remove them.
- Number of active filters appears in purple on the bottom left of the Student Search page.
- Click the Filters button or the icon on the top right to view selections or make changes.
Student Groups
- Create custom student groups by selecting names from the Student Search.
- Utilize the Filter icon and the Select All box or individually select student names.
- A green Create Group link appears after selecting more than one student.
- Click the link to create a new group. This will open a new tab in Utilities.
- Name the group and click Save.
- Click the Share Icon to share with other users at a District, camps, or teacher level. Please note, the student must be tied to a teachers class to view the group.
- Close the tab to return to Portfolio.
- Access saved groups from Student Search by clicking the Show Groups toggle.
- Refresh your browser to see new groups in the list.
Batch Operations
- Check individual student names or Select all from the top of Student Search
- Select Batch icon with more than one student selected to:
- Add Note
- Add Supports
- Remove Supports
- Click Execute to save changes to student’s profiles.
- Click Print to print one or more Student Portfolios.
- Select Range from drop-down.
- Check desired sections/options and click Print.
- To only print a listing with student names from the search results, check grid only.
- Print list as a .pdf or export as .csv.
- Check supports only for a .csv of selected student supports.
Individual Student Portfolios
- To view a student’s individual portfolio, click on the preview icon to the far right of the name on the Student Search page.
- The student’s name appears at the top of the screen with gender, date of birth, age and locl ID.
- Tabs along the left for Charts, Student Info, Data, Plans, Supports, Notes, Files, Forms and Audit.
- Clicking icons (top right) of a student’s portfolio opens a pop-up window.
- Students – Select another student without leaving the individual portfolio view (from most recent search).
- Student Info – Student demographic information and class schedule.
- Data – Available assessment data including: National (MAP); State (STAAR/TELPAS); Local (TEKScore); Reading (TPRI/Tejas LEE) Plans Student plans (Learning Plans, PGP-HS, PGP Intervention and SSI).
- Print -Print comprehensive summaries of students’ historical data. Select items to print and choose to either print for all students, a selected group of students or one student at a time
- The tabs along the left of an individual Student Portfolio allow you to view or add documentation to a student’s record. Charts is the default tab when entering a student’s record.
Charts
- Displays performance on state (STAAR) and local (TEKScore) assessments.
- Select check-boxes for Subjects or to Show Lines.
- Select which years are shown with the slider.
- Hover over plot points to see percentage and scale scores for individual tests.
- Use the Print Chart icon to print a copy of what appears on the screen.
Student Information
- Demographics and schedule (current year).
- NOTE: This information comes from the Class Roster data file submitted to DMAC and may be updated manually in Utilities.
Data
- Access state, local and national data (if uploaded in DMAC). This includes: STAAR, TELPAS, Local (TEKScore), TPRI/Tejas LEE, MAP, PSAT or SAT/ACT, mCLASS, IDEL, TSIA2, CLITXKEA and CLICIRCLE data.
- Select tabs to see assessment information.
- Click column headers to sort.
- To view additional information and the test document, click the magnifying glass icon to the far right of each assessment.
- From the student document, click Print to save one or more tests or print History or EOC Cumulative Details.
- Learn more about the different national data types DMAC accepts here >> Data Export
Plans
- View historical plans or select tabs for individual applications.
- Learning Plans (ALP/MTSS-RtI), PGP-Intervention and PGP-High School are separate student plan applications sold by DMAC. Access depends on user role and what your school purchases.
- Click column headers to sort.
- Open a plan by clicking the magnifying glass icon.
Supports
- Assign individual testing supports (Basic Calculator, Text-To-Speech, Content and Language Supports, Speech-to-Text, Spell Check).
- Supports used in conjunction with DMAC Online Testing and TEKScore only.
- Add supports for more than one student at a time using the Batch operations from Student Search page.
- Check box to assign a support by subject. IMPORTANT: Supports must match the assigned subject/content for the TEKScore test.
- Click Save or Refresh .
Notes
- Select the Notes section to enter plain text information saved to a student’s record. Filter and view notes, listed in reverse chronological order, by using the drop-down menu.
- Click the green plus icon to add a note.
- Choose the desired location (e.g., Portfolio, Learning Plans or PGP) from the drop-down menu.
- Notes recorded to a specific plan(s) become ‘Read Only’ after the school year ends.
- Check the Print? box to include the note on printed documentation for that student; Click Save.
- Use icons to Print/Edit/Delete individual notes.
- Check an empty paper icon to include a note on printed documentation. Any notes with a green check mark appear when printed.
NOTE: You may only Edit/Delete notes you authored unless you have a Campus or District Admin user role in DMAC.
Files
- Select the Files section to upload .pdf files to attach to a student’s plan.
- Click the paper clip icon to upload a new file. Choose the desired location to save a file from the drop-down menu (top left); Locate the file and click Save.
- Sort files by location or year with the drop-downs at the top or use the Sort By drop-down to sort by Date, User, Type, Name or Printable files.
- Click the paper icons next to individual files or use the top icons to select which files will appear when printed. Anything with a green checkmark will appear on printed documentation for a student.
- The Print/Edit/Delete icons function the same as with Notes.
Forms (FormWorks)
- The Forms section is integrated with the FormWorks® software (purchased separately).
- Select Forms to complete and attach custom online forms for individual students (these can be standalone or running records).
- For a form to appear, the template must be attached to Portfolio when created in FormWorks.
- Click the green Add New icon to complete a form. From the top drop-downs, choose the desired location and select a Template. Check the Print? box to include the form on printed documentation.
- After selecting a template, complete the required fields; Click Save or Save and Close.
- For Approvals, click the action button on the top of a form to send an email notifying a DMAC user that an approval is needed.
- Sort completed forms by location or year with the drop-downs or use the Sort By filter to sort by date, user, type, name or if it’s printable.
- Click the paper icons next to individual files or use the top icons to select which forms will appear when printed. Anything with a green checkmark will appear on printed documentation for a student.
- The Print/Edit/Delete icons function the same as with Notes.
Audit
- View all activity on a student’s record.
- Sort by All, Portfolio, PGP-I, PGP-HS, Learning Plans or SSI with drop-down filter.
- Click column headers to sort.
- View all areas or Attachments, Forms and Supports separately.
- The Audit section is read-only.
- Users cannot add or remove information on this screen.